TLN Technology Committee Meeting Minutes
APPROVED
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Rochester Hills Public Library (also via MS Live Mtg)
1. Usual Business
1.1 Order and Approvals
• Meeting called to order at 9:36 am
• Agenda for July 19, 2011 Approved
• Minutes from June 21, 2011 Approved w/ changes: Add to TLN that it was Angie & RFID discussion can remain off record, replace with best practices bullet points
1.2 TLN Update – Angie Michelini
TLN 1. Telecommunications
• Finalizing Telecommunications RFP
• Mandatory vendor meeting set for Tuesday, August 2 at 1:30 pm at Novi Library. Telecomm committee will be present at the meeting.
TLN 2. AVPN Upgrade
• AT&T is beginning the new circuit installation of T1 libraries. 28 T1 libraries will be receiving new circuits by mid to late August. No down time is expected when the new circuit is installed.
• TLN staff will need to go to each T1 library to activate the new circuit and change the router activation. Down time should be minimal.
TLN 3. Bulk Purchase Schedule
• Flash drives, head phones, ear buds – orders due July 19
TLN 4. Printer Maintenance
• One bid received – MBM Systems
TLN 5. RFID Vendors
• Pricing agreement ends May 2012.
• New RFP?
1.3 Announcements & Upcoming Events (Library News)
• White Lake Library will be closed August 1 – Labor Day for renovation.
2. Discussion Topics
2.1 Wireless Presentation – Sept. 20th (update)
• MapleNet Wireless. Is not large-scale. They have smaller solutions.
• Angie will have an outline for the presentation for next month (August) for review.
2.2 Review Web Conference – Best Practices Document
• Editorial change: “in on” to “info”
2.3 Action List updates
• Program Registration and Calendar Sub-Committee (PRCSC)
o Calendar survey has been sent out.
o Pricing tiers available for different service levels (Evance hosting).
o Can choose to host your own, then there is no coop discount.
• Best Practices RFID Deployment Sub-Committee (RDSC)
o Nothing reported.
• Joomla and Drupal schedule for 2011
o Joomla training completed.
o Request for Drupal training will be sent out again to directors and other lists.
• Web Filtering
o On schedule for July timeframe to have first go around with the various products.
2.4 Library Facebook Page
• Andrew Mutch had posted a query for this on the Tech Comm list.
• Heard from 11 different libraries, answering five questions.
• Appears to be a 50-50 split between one person is responsible for updating FB and multiple people assigned to it.
• Hoot Suite is commonly used as the tool to maintain multiple social networking presence.
• Comments – most libraries allow this
• Some libraries, the minority, used FB to post only events and programming; while the rest focused on that and generating user/patron feedback.
2.5 Taking payments at your library (CC, cash, etc.)
• Summarize – listen to audio version.
3. Sharing Resources
3.1 Security Issues, Tech Tips, and Web Sites Worth a Look
SECURITY ISSUES
• n/a
TECH TIPS
• Garrett rolled out IE9. Discovered that it uses your graphic cards for rendering the info on screen, so had to update video drivers. IE9’s block list also includes a safe list.
WEB SITES WORTH A LOOK
• Being Ruth, beingruth.com/350/tutorial-library-books-nook-overdrive
• QR Codes, qrcode.kaywa.com includes short URL to track usage
Meeting was adjourned at 10:54 am
Next meeting: August 16, 2011 at 9:30 am
Location: Chelsea District Library
(will include Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Demo)
Submitted by Allison Brueckner (NORT)
Attendees
Anne Barnard (ORIN)
Allison Brueckner (NORT)
Cheryl Decovich (AUBN)
Garrett Hungerford (SLYN)
Karen Knox (ROHL)
Michael McEvoy (NORT)
Angie Michelini (TLN)
Andrew Mutch (WATE)
Denise Stefanick (WHLK)
Martin Smith (REDF)
Virtual Attendees
Melanie Bell (BRIT)
Bill Bowman (IDPN)
Donna Winter (LVCC)